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John MacKay (2) (1965–)

Auteur de The Road Dance

Pour les autres auteurs qui s'appellent John MacKay, voyez la page de désambigüisation.

3 oeuvres 52 utilisateurs 2 critiques

Séries

Œuvres de John MacKay

The Road Dance (2002) 24 exemplaires
Heartland (2004) 15 exemplaires
Last of the Line (2006) 13 exemplaires

Étiqueté

Partage des connaissances

Date de naissance
1965-09-13
Sexe
male
Nationalité
Scotland
Lieu de naissance
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Professions
journalist
news broadcaster

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Critiques

We are 1914 on an unnamed Scottish Hebridean Island. Kirsty's story is told in the third person and we first meet her as a young woman falling in love with Murdo and dreaming of emigrating to America, as many of her fellow islanders have. The start of World War One ruins these plans, as Murdo is called up to fight, along with other young men on the island. The Road Dance is the ceilidh held on the road to see the young men off to war.
The picture is one of dancing and music and then the author introduces a darker side that changes the course of Kirsty's life.
This novel is fairly fast paced and has plot twists that keep the reader interested. John MacKay spends some time describing the village and the Hebridean scenery for the reader and particularly concentrates on the power of the sea. He also introduces other village characters. The novel does have a tendency to over-dramatise; everyone is very coherent in their arguments or brooding and silent, other people are wise and good and none of them seem quite human in their interactions.
However, an interesting read that raises some issues from the time around church and community expectations, whether real or imagined.
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½
 
Signalé
CarolKub | Aug 30, 2013 |
A story from Carloway, Isle of Lewis, in Scotland. Interesting, if slightly drawn out.
 
Signalé
adb42 | May 24, 2008 |

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Statistiques

Œuvres
3
Membres
52
Popularité
#307,430
Évaluation
2.8
Critiques
2
ISBN
62
Langues
2

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